More households of parents with children than 99% of Irish towns: 61%
Households in flats: 0.5% here and 12% across Ireland’s towns. Ballymurn’s 201 households held 607 residents at the 2022 Census. Here, 95% of residents describe themselves as White Irish. Fewer residents aged 65 and over than in 85% of Irish towns: 8.7%.
Growth of +8% since 2016 puts Ballymurn ahead of 52% of Irish towns
Residents at the 2016 and 2022 censuses, on 2022 boundaries, and the change beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Change, 2016 to 2022
CSO publishes yearly population estimates for counties and regions, not towns, so the trend is two censuses rather than a line; 2016 ages aren’t on 2022 boundaries, so there is no change by age.
Ballymurn is younger than 81% of Irish towns: a median age of 34.9
Share of residents in each five-year band; the tick is the typical town.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (11%), Ballymurn is below 71% of Irish towns. In Wexford, the oldest of Co. Wexford’s towns by this measure, it is 17%.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Co. Wexford 51.3%, Ireland 51.2%.
A larger share of students among residents 15 and over than 71% of Irish towns: 12%
CSO’s social classes (everyone, by their own or their family’s occupation), the occupations of those at work, and where residents lived a year before the Census.
Residents by social class · all residents
Where residents lived a year earlier
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
Workers by occupation · residents at work
Workers here lean to skilled trades: 17%, against a typical 11%. The share of residents who moved in within the year stands at 6.4%. Against that, 10% of residents 15 and over are students across Ireland’s towns.
Bigger households than 91% of Irish towns: 3.1 people each on average
Private households by CSO’s family types, beside the county’s towns and Ireland’s.
Against Co. Wexford’s towns and Ireland’s towns
People per household
Ireland’s towns.
Shared households of unrelated adults make up 2.5%, against 4.7% across Ireland’s towns. 16% of households are one person living alone.
Only 2.7% of households in Ballymurn have no car or van
Home types, cars and the internet, by household. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Cars or vans · share of households
Internet at home · share of households
By its share of holiday homes (1.8%), Ballymurn is above 91% of Irish towns. Households without a car or van: 17% across Ireland’s towns, for comparison.
€62,180 a year: the median household income
Household income in 2022 from CSO’s linked administrative data (GPIIA): the middle household’s income before and after tax.
A median gross household income of €62,180 sits close to Ireland (€60,120). Countywide, Co. Wexford has a median of €51,440.
6.9% born outside Ireland, fewer than in 99% of Irish towns
Place of birth and citizenship as CSO asks them: born abroad includes Irish citizens born abroad.
Born abroad, by birthplace · share of all residents; the bar runs to 30%
Citizenship · share of all residents; the bar runs to 30%
Citizens of another country, by citizenship; CSO counts dual Irish citizens as Irish.
Other languages · share of all residents
CSO’s small-area tables don’t give the year people arrived.
The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in the UK (3.3%) and outside the EU and UK (2.1%). 4.2% of residents are citizens of another country, a lower share than in 98% of Irish towns. The benchmark for residents born outside Ireland across Ireland’s towns: 22%.
39% of Ballymurn can speak Irish
Residents aged 3 and over who can speak Irish, and how often they speak it outside education (CSO).
Irish speakers · residents aged 3 and over
Speakers of Irish: 221 residents, nearly two fifths of those aged 3 and over. Daily speakers of Irish outside education make up 1.1%, close to the figure across Ireland’s towns.
Ballymurn ranks above 93% of Irish towns on residents who said they are Catholic: 81%
Ethnic or cultural background and religion, in CSO’s categories, as people described themselves.
Ethnic groups other than White Irish · all residents
White Irish, not charted: 95% of Ballymurn · Co. Wexford’s towns 78% · Ireland’s towns 78%.
Religion · all residents
12% of residents said they have no religion, against 17% across Ireland’s towns. On average, 71% of residents said they are Catholic across Ireland’s towns. The groups that follow White Irish are Other White (4.1%), Other, including mixed (0.7%) and Asian or Asian Irish (0.5%).
Half of adults have never married
Marital status of residents 15 and over, and unpaid carers.
Partnership status · residents 15 and over
The small-area tables count carers, not their hours of care.
Unpaid carers: 4.6%, near enough the figure across Ireland’s towns. 34% of residents 15 and over are married.
Fewer adults with a degree or higher than 76% of Irish towns: 25%
Highest level of education completed, residents 15 and over whose education has ended.
Highest qualification · residents 15+ whose education has ended
A postgraduate qualification is the highest level for 6.2% of adults; primary level or less for 9.3% (Ireland’s towns: 9.7%). For comparison, 36% of adults whose education has ended hold a degree or higher across Ireland’s towns.
The towns around Ballymurn are all older
The nearest places, coloured by median age; each is a census urban area.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Parents with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballymurn | 607 | — | 34.9 | 8.7% | 61% |
| Castlebridge | 1,850 | 6.2 km | 40.1 | 14% | 46% |
| Enniscorthy | 12,310 | 9.9 km | 37.5 | 15% | 41% |
| Wexford | 21,524 | 11.9 km | 40.6 | 17% | 40% |
| Ferns | 1,317 | 16.7 km | 38.1 | 16% | 43% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Against Co. Wexford’s towns and Ireland’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over Co. Wexford’s towns of 2,500 or more and over the Irish towns of 2,500 or more (city totals left out). Percentiles are within Ireland only.
- The earlier population is an estimate. Towns had no official 2016 count on today’s boundaries, so the 2016 figure is CSO’s electoral-division count shared out by where people lived in 2022: read a small town in a large rural division loosely.
- What these tables don’t give. The small-area tables give no year of arrival and no hours of care, and a town’s electoral divisions run past its edge, so the page doesn’t split a town into named areas (a city lists its neighbourhoods).
- The census’s own words. Born abroad, citizenship, ethnic or cultural background and religion are CSO’s questions and categories; the page compares them with other towns and never labels a town by them.
Questions about Ballymurn’s residents
What is the population of Ballymurn?
Ballymurn had 607 residents at the 2022 Census, counted within its urban area, 8% more than 2016.
What is the average age in Ballymurn?
The median age is 34.9. 33% are under 18 and 8.7% 65 or older.
How many people speak Irish in Ballymurn?
39% of residents aged 3 and over can speak Irish (221 people), and 1.1% speak it every day outside education, against a typical 1.1% across Ireland’s towns.
How diverse is Ballymurn?
95% describe themselves as White Irish (Ireland’s towns: 78%); 6.9% were born abroad and 4.2% are citizens of another country.
What religion are people in Ballymurn?
81% are Catholic, 12% have no religion and 6.7% another religion; 4.4% didn’t say.
Is Ballymurn good for families?
61% of households are parents with children (Ireland’s towns 43%), and 33% of residents are under 18. Schools near Ballymurn are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Ballymurn?
Median gross household income in Ballymurn was €62,180 in 2022, against €51,440 across Co. Wexford and €60,120 for Ireland.
Sources: CSO, Census of Population 2022, Small Area Population Statistics · CSO PxStat FP009 (2016 by electoral division) · CSO GPIIA, household income 2022. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).